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as in rally
a mass meeting for the purpose of displaying or arousing support for a cause or person
disgruntled students organized a demonstration to protest the change in university policy
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as in display
an outward and often exaggerated indication of something abstract (as a feeling) for effect
staged a grand demonstration of her love for her husband with a candlelight-and-champagne Valentine's Day dinner
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Recent Examples of demonstration
The No Kings demonstrations will be remembered as an effective, hopeful rejoinder to a presidency increasingly reliant on deliberate provocation and needless cruelty.
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Newsweek Staff, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 June 2025
China brought two spacecraft together high above Earth as part of a refueling demonstration mission, according to a space situational awareness company.
—Andrew Jones, Space.com, 18 June 2025
Anti-Musk sentiment spilled onto sidewalks outside of Tesla showrooms with 60 demonstrations scheduled Saturday in cities such as Delray Beach, Florida; Louisville, Kentucky; and Decatur, Georgia, as part of the Tesla Takedown movement, which began in mid-February amid Musk’s role with DOGE.
—Auzinea Bacon, CNN Money, 7 June 2025
Dozens of demonstrations are planned in California for No Kings Day June 14.
—Sarah Linn, Sacbee.com, 6 June 2025
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Newsweek Staff, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 June 2025
China brought two spacecraft together high above Earth as part of a refueling demonstration mission, according to a space situational awareness company.
—Andrew Jones, Space.com, 18 June 2025
Anti-Musk sentiment spilled onto sidewalks outside of Tesla showrooms with 60 demonstrations scheduled Saturday in cities such as Delray Beach, Florida; Louisville, Kentucky; and Decatur, Georgia, as part of the Tesla Takedown movement, which began in mid-February amid Musk’s role with DOGE.
—Auzinea Bacon, CNN Money, 7 June 2025
Dozens of demonstrations are planned in California for No Kings Day June 14.
—Sarah Linn, Sacbee.com, 6 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for demonstration
Noun
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The trauma of that day continued to reverberate in Jewish communities across the globe, recently reignited by a violent terror attack at a sister rally in Boulder, Colorado.—
Garrett Shanley,
Miami Herald,
8 June 2025
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More than 1,000 people gathered under gray skies Sunday morning at the Lincoln Memorial for a rally that will lead into a protest march, as the community gathers its strength for a looming fight under President Trump’s second administration.—
Christine Fernando,
Los Angeles Times,
8 June 2025
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Keep moist and in a sunny location for a display that should last through summer.—
Tom MacCubbin,
The Orlando Sentinel,
14 June 2025
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Informative displays highlighting facts about Juneteenth will be placed throughout the park.—
Staff report,
Hartford Courant,
14 June 2025
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The program has doubled its lead over the competition in the demo, and won the month of May in that key metric.—
Mark Joyella,
Forbes.com,
10 June 2025
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In games like Nintendo Switch 2 Welcome Tour (a glorified tech demo), tactile feedback can be used to detect minute vibrations in varying intensity.—
Christopher Cruz,
Rolling Stone,
5 June 2025
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Earlier on Friday, organizers suspended shows due to weather around 1 p.m. and evacuated Centeroo shortly after.—
Steven J. Horowitz,
Variety,
14 June 2025
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Burns departed the show in 2002 and was replaced by Donovan Patton and later, Joshua Dela Cruz, the show's current host.—
Jessica Wang,
EW.com,
14 June 2025
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“Demonstration.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/demonstration. Accessed 22 Jun. 2025.
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